Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:41:47 -0500 From: Kevin Wilcox <kevin.wilcox@gmail.com> To: Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Decision Message-ID: <AANLkTimL7zTM6LqXcb0ZOpP6sPP0E-kfxVkauLFp_hPZ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4D30A1C6.7050808@tundraware.com> References: <4D3099FC.10807@gmail.com> <4D30A1C6.7050808@tundraware.com>
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On 14 January 2011 14:19, Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> wrote: > On 1/14/2011 12:46 PM, Alessandro Baggi wrote: >> Hi list, I don't want make a flame post but I would ask an objective opi= nion, then not a camp opinion, about using FreeBSD or Debian Linux in a pro= duction environment < snip > > IOW, your selection has less to do with the OS kernel and more to do > with the set of tools, applications, and hardware that surround the OS. > If all things are equal, I prefer FreeBSD because it has a smaller > footprint on the hardware and is easier to install/maintain than Linux. > However, whether we like it or not, there is far more commercial and > third party support for *some* linux distros (RHEL and SLES). I agree completely with what Tim has said. I'm not in that large of an environment (but not terribly far from it) and we run a mix - Windows for some things, various Linux distributions where it makes sense, FreeBSD and OpenBSD in other areas. There is never one solution that fits every scenario in a large environment unless you provide one set of services and make it a point to specialise on offering those services on one platform. > Given what you've told us, if it really does come down to Debian > or FreeBSD, it sounds like you don't need much in the way of > third party stuff. =C2=A0In that case, I'd use FreeBSD. Indeed. From the sound of it, everything he needs is available in ports and can be broken into roles for management by a combination of something like puppet and OSSEC (I like the FIM component). As a general rule, unless Linux is required for hardware support or because <foo> application runs better on Linux, I'll opt for one of the BSDs. However, that is MY personal opinion...if everything else is equal and it's a true toss-up, I'd recommend you go with the OS you're the most familiar with hardening and managing. kmw
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